borelap
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[edit]Noun
[edit]borelap (countable and uncountable, plural borelaps)
- Obsolete spelling of burlap.
- 1704, Joseph Washington, An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes of King William and Queen Mary and of King William III and Queen Anne, page 112:
- CCLXXVIII. Stat. 2 A cap. 8. The Clause in 7 W. 3 cap. 10. concerning Borelap continued till I August 1710. CCLXXIX. All Hemp, Flax and product thereof imported by any Native of England or Ireland of the Growth and Manufacture of Ireland, upon Certificate and Oath, as per 7 W. 3. cap. is required, shall be free from the further Subsidy of Poundage [...]